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J. R. SCOTT.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6.1915.

1,161,984. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 1915.

1 1 61,984. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ROBERT SCOTT, OF TRACY, CALIFORNIA.

GAME.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. Scor'r, citizen of the United States,residing at Tracy. in the county of San Joaquin and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The primary purpose of this invention is to amuse and at the same timeeducate a person in finance particularly in the operation of the marketsof commercial centers in the barter of securities and commodities.

The invention provides a chart embodying tabulations which representvarious transactions upon the markets of the stock exchange and grainand cotton centers, specific transactions being determined by means of adial and pointer and the valuation being determined on reference to thetabulatransactions as they occur in practice upon the chief markets suchas dealings upon the stock exchange or in the markets for grain andcotton. the various results of the different deals being indicated upontables forming a part of the apparatus.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularlyset forth, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached :-Figure 1 is a plan view of a dial andpointer embodying the invention showing cooperating indicating means.Fig. 2 shows a detail view of the several tables containing the resultsarising from specific indications of the dial.

In accordance with this invention a card or like base is provided with adial 1 and an indicating caption which is subdivided generally todesignate the chief markets such as the Stock Exchange of New York, thegrain market of Chicago. and the cotton market of New Orleans. Thedivision representing the New York Stock Exchange is subdivided and eachsubdivision represents a particular listed stock, which in the presentinstance is designated under the various headings of Canadian Pacific,United States Steel, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Philadelphia &Reading, Pennsylvania Railroad, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, AmericanSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1915 Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Serial No. 12.588.

Smelters, and Southern Pacific. The grain market is subdivided and theseveral subdivisions are designated under the headings of May wheat Maycorn. and av oats. Thedivision representing the cotton market is dividedand the several sululivisions appear under the following headings: Octber cotton, November cotton, and December cotton. At each end of theline bearing the names of the securities and commodities appears theword ame," calling attention to the title of the trade to be conducted.Below each of the words Name appears matter designating the opening, thehigh, the low, and the closing sale for a given period and under eachheading appears the respective numerals corresponding with the opening,high, low, and closing sales. The closing sales are used as the basisfor each and every transaction, the purchase or selling price of any ofthe noted securities or commodities corresponding with the closing sale,and the selling or buying price being designated upon the dial 1 bymeans of a pointer 2 which is spun, the column designated by the pointerwhen coming to rest designating the sale or buying price and thedifference between such selling and the purchase price representing theprofit or loss, which is readily ascertained upon reference to theproper table appearing on Sheet 2 of the accompanying drawings. It is tobe noted that the caption designates nine of the stocks listed on theNew York Exchange. three of the grain products dealt in on the ChicagoExchange, and three periods of cotton dealt in on the Cotton Exchange ofNew Orleans, making a total of fifteen listed securities. The dial 1contains fifteen concentric circles, one each of such circlescorresponding with a security noted in caption. Each of the concentriccircles is subdivided and the subdivisions bear numbers correspondingwith sales. The subdivisions of the circles are arranged in radial linescorresponding with columns and each of such columns is provided with adesignating number. The numbers properly appear in circular and lateralcolumns. In the event of a player selecting a number of securities, onespin of the pointer 2 designates the sale or purchase price of each ofsuch securities, such sale or purchase price being found in the lateralcolumn of figures designated by the pointer when coming to rest. Thedifference between the indicated sale price and {he purchase pricerepresents the profit or oss.

The upper two tables appearing on Sheet 2 designate the value in dollarsand cents of the difference in points between the purchase and salevalues of the securities. The uppermost table refers more particularlyto the value of stocks and grain in number of I shares and bushels. Thetable second in order refers to the value of the points between thepurchase and the selling price of cotton in bales. The remaining twotables indicate. the points corresponding with the lateral columns ofthe dial 1, hence the tables provide for ascertaining readily both thevalue and pointsbetween the purchase and selling price of any Security.

The following indicates three trades, one in cotton, one in stock, andone in grain: Bought 10 bales Dec. cotton on close at 9.57. Bought 10shares Sou. Pac. on close at 82%;. Bought 2000 bu. May wheat on close at94%;. The pointer 2 is spun and comes to rest upon the lateral column ofnumbers designated by the number 10. This shows that December cotton isclosed at $9.49 or at a loss of eight points equaling $4.00. SouthernPacific is closed at 80% or 1% points loss equaling May wheat is closedat 95% or 1%; points profit, less commission of equals $30.00 less $2.50or $27.50 net profit.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection Withthe accompanyingdrawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method ofoperation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention appertains, and while I have described the principle ofoperation of the invention, together with the device which 'I. nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of theinvention as claimed. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A game of the character specified comprising a dial embodying aplurality of concentric and lateral columns of numbers, each of thelateral columns having a designating character, a caption comprisingvertical columns corresponding in number with the number of concentriccircles, each of such vertical columns having a heading correspondingwith a security and numbers corresponding with sale values, and areference table embodying horizontal and vertical columns which areprovided with names corresponding to the designating characters of theaforesaid caption and numbers corresponding'to value and points betweenthe purchase price of a security and the sale price as indicated by thedial, and a pointer .mounted upon the base and adapted to be spun overthe dial and pivoted thereto.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature 'in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ROBERT SCOTT. Witnesses:

A. L. SWARTHOUT, H. B. TAYLOR.

